Dwight Howard this weekend provided insight into the thinking behind a number of puzzling decisions that ultimately led him to the Los Angeles Lakers. What Howard couldn’t provide in his Sunday Conversation with ESPN’s Ric Bucher was a timetable for when he will return to the basketball court.

Howard missed the end of the 2011-12 season after it was determined he needed surgery to repair a herniated disc in his back. The decision also kept Howard away from the court during the 2012 London Olympics and it will keep him off the court when the Lakers begin training camp and preseason.

"When I'm 100 percent, I will step on the floor and play," Howard said. "I don't want to play at 85 percent or 80 percent. I want to be at 100 percent. I want to give all that to this city, to this team, to myself, to basketball and to all of the fans. I want to give them 100 percent every single night. I don't want to have any relapses. When I’m 100 percent, you will see me giving 100 percent on the court."

Because the injury came shortly after Howard requested a trade, rumors circulated that the center cried wolf in order to miss the rest of the Magic season. In the Sunday Conversation, Howard said he was hurt by claims he had exaggerated an injury.

"It kind of upset me that people would think that way," Howard said. "But I understand that with everything that was going on, everybody was thinking this and thinking that. My focus at that point was I have to sit out the remainder of the season. I missed being there for my teammates. That really bothered me."

When Howard does make it back to the court, he will team with Kobe Bryant,Steve Nash, Antawn Jamison and Metta World Peace to comprise one of several super teams around the NBA. The actual date that comes to pass is still up in the air.

"I'm looking forward to that day when the doctor says, 'Dwight here's your green light. Go out there and have fun,'" Howard said. "I'm getting there."